Stuffat tal-Qarnit – Octopus stew Heading south to the Mediterranean we are off to Malta. It’s refreshing to be in a country with a coastline as now we can have a break from the root vegetables of the East and enjoy something altogether more fishy, or in this case, tentically. And on the subject of […]
Entries Tagged as 'Octopus'
A celebration of Europe #18 – Malta
January 14th, 2021 · No Comments
Tags: EU · Main Course · Octopus · Seafood
Baby octopus pasta with aubergine, tomato & chilli
April 14th, 2014 · No Comments
Pity the poor baby octopus, born a hatchling among a thousand siblings, each no larger than a pinhead and yet all filled with the innocent expectation of a future filled with fun, laughter and adventure. Then, just as they open their eyes and blink with wonder at the world around them, they are dredged into […]
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Octopus & potato stew – Italian style
October 13th, 2012 · No Comments
When the Spanish cook octopus they like to ‘scare’ it first by dunking it in and out of boiling water a couple of times before the final plunge…this being an Italian dish we decided to refrain from terrorising our poor dead eight-legged cephalopodic friend and just plop it straight in the pot.
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Pulpo a la gallega
March 29th, 2012 · No Comments
Sorry about the irregular nature of recent posts but I have recently started a new job in Manchester and feel it would be considerate to my new employer to wait a few weeks before I spend all my working day writing up posts for yumblog. On the plus side I have discovered a superb fishmonger […]
Tags: Main Course · Octopus · Seafood · Tapas